Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-31


took freely Of milk at breakfast, furnished
by the milkman who regularly supplied the
house. Before noon the whole six were
desd. The milkman, two servants and two
parties outside the house have been arrest d
for poisoning the milk. The dead ladies
were highly connected in social circles.
"' Alta meeting Of the passenger de-
partment Of the Central Traffic Association
at Chicago: it was decided to make a rate
Of one fare for the round trip to the Grand
Army encampment at st. Louis, at the
military encamp1nent at Chicago and the
centennial anniversary Of the Federal con-
Istitution at Philadelphia. A resolution was
adopted that harvest excursions should not
be encouraged and an agreement was
reached that no arrangements should be
made for such enterprises.
AS an incident in the contempt pro-
ceedings at Winchester Va, against Sem
ator Riddleberger, the grand jury found in
dictments against several participants in
the delivery from jail Of the Senator among
amisdemeanor. The court overruled q
motion to quash this Indictment, and each
OF the parties indicted were released on
their own recognizance. All the cases were
then postponed until the next term, and the
court adjourned.
The missing boat of the burned
steamship City of Montreal with Z passen-
gers and Of the crew was picked up "a
hours after the disaster by the German
vessel Mathilde, which has now arrived at
Falmouth, England, with these people on
board. This accounts for all OF tho. people
on board the City of Montreal when it took
fire and burned in mid-ocean, it's passenger
list being 420 souls.
Another woman has been murdered
in the night, mistaken for a burglar this
time, near Marion, Ind, It appears that
foot, wife of a farmer, arose, and walked in
her sleep. Her movements attracted the
attention of her son Frank. who mistaking
her for burglar, shot and killed her.
A trial trip of q new engine on the
Santa Fe road, Kansas City, Mo-, resulted
in serious accident. The engine was
overturned near Argentine, and fell on
Robert Sanford, pinning him down while
Saby and Charles Crutchtield, switchmen,
who were on the engine, were also mortally
bruised and scalded.
Near Exeter, Nebraska, John and
Frank Newer, brothers, were shot to death
at pic mic dance, by railroad graders whom
they discovered carrying off key of beer
that had been provided as a part of the
picnic entertainment. One of the young
head and the other through the heart
A railroad grader named Thomas
Rock was arrested, suspected of completely
in the murder of the Newer brothers on
Turkey creek Sunday night He confessed,
but said he acted in self-defense. A mob
started out from Friend, Neb., to lynch
Rock, but the officers took the prisoner to
Geneva where he was lodged in jail.
J. G. Usury and son, and Peter Hen
son tried to drive across the track of the
Nashville & Florence railroad, near Law
rencebury, Tenn. They were struck by a
train and both men were instantly killed
and the boy fatally injured. The wagon
was broken into splinters and both horses
killed.
The Southern Pacific Railway CON-
pany has decided to reduce the present
cent per mile rates to 8 cents, 5 cent rates
to cents and cent rates to 5 cents on all
lines throughout the country controlled by
the Southern Il Central Pacific Railway
Companies.
John Stricken, captain of the Cleve-
land Ball club has been arrested at the in
stance of tho Law and Order league for
playing ball on Sunday. The first Sunday
game was played on the 2lst. Stricker's case
will be a test of the law preventing such ex-
hibitions.
John Wilson, Baptist preacher, one
of the Bald Knobbers, has plead guilty to
the whipping of one Green Walker and
thrown himself on the mercy OF the court.
here are IS more Bald Knobbers against
whom charges are pending at Ozark, Mo.
It is understood that the head of the
whisky trust will put $4,000 of their bonds
on the Peoria market in few days, Chi
cago to get $4,000 and Cincinnati and
Louisville proportionate amounts. They
will be foated at 60 cents per dollar.
The sale of 1,000-mile tickets, sus-
pended when the interstate commerce act
went into force has been resumed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company: The
fore the suspension.
Dressed beef men, in Chicago and
New York, are discussing the possibility of
d famine in their line of business. Prices
for cattle are so low the dressed beef compa-
MES make profit Of $40 on each animal
slaughtered.
The proposed new association of iron
and steel workers, under the auspices of
the Knights of Labor, has been officially
nipped in the bud by Chas. Fl. Litchman, the
general secretary Of the Knights Of Labor.
Eight of the Ozark, No., Bald Knob
bers pleaded guilty to whipping man.
All but one Of them were remanded for
sentence The one who was sentenced was
given O fine of So and costs.
1t is reported that Fred Carruth the
funny newspaper man of Dakota is to be
transplanted to the New York Tribune at
the salary OF $50 week.
The Union Strawboard Company OF
the United states has bought out eight small
companies for 5000, 900 and controls tho sup
ply and market
Gov. Adams, of Colorado, by proc,
lamation has raised the quarantine against
Illinois cattle, except those shipped from
Cook County.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
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